French media behemoth Thomson has announced mp3HD, a new lossless 'hybrid' MP3 format, which not only offers the sound detail lost in a normal MP3, but remains compatible with your existing MP3 player ...

A process is used when music is compressed into MP3 to discard all the sounds a machine thinks the human ear can't audibly perceive, thus vastly reducing the amount of storage needed to hold entire ...

Rumors of the imminent demise of the MP3 format are exaggerated, and I for one won't stand for it. A recent DVice article claims that the compressed MP3 is going the way of the Dodo bird because ...

A new, high-resolution audio format has just launched on Spotify. Spotify announced Lossless Listening on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The new feature allows users to stream music in 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC, the ...

Apple made headlines in mid-2021 when it announced its Apple Music service would offer lossless audio in June of that year. The audio upgrade would be available to users at no extra cost, but some ...

A day after the Apple Music Lossless Audio announcement, there’s still a great deal of confusion. A few things have become clear in the meantime, but other elements remain murky. Apple spent most of ...

Spotify released a highly anticipated "'lossless" audio feature for premium members on Wednesday. The feature, originally called Spotify HiFi, was first announced in 2021 at the Stream On event. The ...

In March, Spotify briefly A/B tested a new lossless audio version of its streaming service. Spotted by Reddit users and confirmed to The Verge by a source inside Spotify, the new tier, currently ...

Want to use Apple Music or Spotify's lossless audio support? You'll need some extra gear to make the most of it.

Mere weeks after I canceled my Spotify subscription, switched to Tidal, and wrote a lengthy editorial about why I won't be going back, Spotify decided to pause its onslaught of user-unfriendly updates ...